Identity Theft - Websites

A list of online resources for learning more about Identity Theft. This information was provided to the library by Sue Moulton, Certified Identity Theft Risk Management Specialist:

AnnualCreditReport.com

F.T.C. Identity Theft Site

Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force

Identity Theft Assistance Center

Identity Theft Resource Center

Internet Crime Complaint Center

Justice Department Identity Theft Site

myfico.com

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

Social Security Administration's Answers

Federal Bureau of Investigations – Identity Theft

Credit Report Services:

Equifax

Experian

TransUnion

New resource added to our reference site

We've added a very content rich medical reference resource to our reference tools page. It's called MedlinePlus, a U.S. Government sponsored site recommended by doctors to help consumers learn more about their health, find information for school projects, look up info on prescriptions and over-the-counter medicines, and prepare for doctor's visits. Check it out and enjoy the resources there!

Reference webpage tutorials

In a previous blog entry, we reported that we had added a search toolbox to our reference webpage to make searching through the variety of resources a bit more user-friendly. We hope that you've had a chance to experiment with it. We're now working on adding some video tutorials on how to use some of the resources. If you're like the average person, seeing a demonstration is better than just reading about it. So, keep an eye on the reference webpage for these additions/updates. If there's anything else that you'd like to see there, let us know here. Until then, best of luck with your research projects.

New Navigation Toolbox on our Reference Page

In our ongoing efforts to make our Reference webpage more user-friendly, we've created a new navigation toolbox! This change will enable users to navigate to our various online resources, either by reference categories or by individual resources. When selecting any item in the toolbox's drop down boxes, the user is taken directly to the resource or resource category in question. Of course, subscription based resources will still prompt you for your patron barcode, but once logged in for that browsing session, you will be able to move between the various resources with ease. Tell us what you think!

Resume resources at the Library

Did you know that you can learn how to compose a resume by using our LearnATest reference tool? Just visit our reference page and click on the LearnATest link under the "Consumers" heading. From there you have to set up an account, if you haven't done so already, by simply using your library barcode as the user name and then creating a password. Once logged in, you can find a great resume writing course which takes you through the steps to writing a polished resume that fits your needs. In case you didn't already know, Microsoft Word also has a resume wizard tool that will help you to design a suitable resume. Come in to the library and we'll be happy to get you started, and if you bring your own resume quality paper, you can print your resume on our laser printer.

Reader's Advisory Resource...

Looking for a great resource to help you find a good book or author to read? Check out "NoveList Reader's Advisory" on our "Reference Tools" page on our website. I was reminded of how useful this resource is the other day when I happened to be looking for a new series to recommend to a relative of mine who likes mysteries, but without the "racy" stuff. My first recourse was to a co-worker, since I thought that she might have read the particular author whom I had in mind, viz., Mary Higgins Clark. She said that she hadn't read anything by the author, so we both headed right for the "NoveList Reader's Advisory" website and found just what we were looking for. Under "Author Read-alikes" we searched the alphabetized list of authors for Mary Higgins Clark and then found this brief summary of Clark's style of writing:

"Consummate storyteller Clark, author of more than two dozen best-selling Suspense novels, writes fast-paced, intricately plotted, compelling stories of women and children in jeopardy, but told without the sex, violence, or vulgar language sometimes associated with the genre and more generally with best-selling fiction" --NoveList.

This was just what I needed so that I could comfortably recommend this author to my relative. She is now well on her way to a whole new series of titles to read.

Changes to our reference webpage

We've added some useful resources to our Reference Tools webpage. These links formerly lived on the now discontinued "Recommended Links" webpage of our website.

1. Test Prep Review– a free service of a nonprofit group of educators, providing practice test questions for students in a variety of career situations.
2. Best of the Internet– internet resources selected by the New Hampshire State Library.
3. NH Authors Searchable Database– contains information on over 1200 authors and illustrators who have called the Granite State their home. Writers who were born in New Hampshire, are current residents of New Hampshire, or who have spent a significant portion of their writing careers in New Hampshire, and who have at least one published book catalogued in a New Hampshire library have been included.
4. Bibliography Composer - WorksCited4U.com– automatically formats and alphabetizes bibliographic sources according MLA style standards.
5. Bookreporter.com– provides book reviews, interviews and excerpts on all the latest books as well as special features, polls, and contest about books, authors and reading.
6. ReadingGroupGuides.com– the first website built especially for reading groups, providing them with all they need to make their book club experience better than ever.
7. NH Newspapers Online– NH newspaper websites, listed by county.
8. NH Public Notices– searchable database of all public notices that run in the Union Leader, NH Sunday News and Nashua Telegraph.
9. FirstGov for Kids– kid-friendly, government-sponsored site, providing a framework for kids to explore the Internet; divided into educational subjects found in schools, the subjects are further divided into "Government, Organizations, Education, and Commercial," giving a full range of coverage of the various material.
10. KidsClick!– web search for kids by librarians.

If you have other useful links to suggest, let us know! Enjoy!